Bible Verses About Covering Shame

Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.

Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.

Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O Lord.

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.